TRADE MARKS ACT
terms of this section as they apply in relation to an
application under subsection (1) of section twentyone.
(5) In dealing with an application under this
section, the Registrar shall have regard to the like
considerations, so far as relevant, as if the application were an application under section twenty-one
and to any other considerations relevant to applications under this section, including the desirability of
securing that a certification mark shall comprise
some indication that it is such a mark, and including
also the following matters—
(a) whether the applicant is competent to certify
the goods or services in respect of which the
mark is to be registered; and
(b) whether the draft rules are satisfactory; and
(c) whether in all the circumstances the registration applied for would be to the advantage of
the public.
(6) An application in terms of this section may be
made by a Minister on behalf of any Ministry or
department of the State.
45 Advertising of acceptance of application
When an application has been accepted, the applicant shall, as soon as may be after such acceptance,
advertise the application as accepted in the prescribed manner, and subsections (2) to (11) of
section twenty-two shall apply, mutatis mutandis, in
relation to the registration of the certification mark
as if the application had been an application under
section twenty-one.
46 Rules governing use of certification mark
(1) There shall be deposited at the Trade Marks
Office in respect of every certification mark registered under this Part rules approved by the Registrar
for governing the use thereof which—
(a) shall include provisions as to the cases in
which the proprietor is to certify goods or services and to authorize the use of the certification mark; and
(b) may contain any other provisions that the
Registrar may require or permit to be inserted
therein, including provisions conferring a
right of appeal to the Registrar against any refusal of the proprietor to certify goods or services or to authorize the use of the
certification mark in accordance with the
rules.
(2) Rules deposited in terms of subsection (1)
shall be open to inspection in like manner as the
Register.
(3) Rules deposited in terms of subsection (1)
may, on the application in the prescribed manner by
the registered proprietor, be altered by the Registrar.
(4) The Registrar may direct that an application
for an alteration in terms of subsection (3) shall be
advertised in any case where it appears to him that it
is expedient so to do.
(5) Where an application has been advertised in
terms of subsection (4), if, within the prescribed
period from the date of the advertisement, any
person gives notice to the Registrar of opposition to
the application subsections (2) to (11) of section
twenty-two shall apply, mutatis mutandis.
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47 Rectification of Part C of Register
The power to order rectification of the Register
conferred by section thirty-seven shall include, in
relation to certification marks, rectification on the
ground that—
(a)
in the case of any goods or services in respect
of which the mark is registered, the proprietor
is no longer competent to certify these goods
or services as is contemplated by section forty-two; or
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